How to compile a pdf in RStudio Markdown?

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I've just installed RStudio and I want to knit a pdf document and I get this error message red:

Error: LaTeX failed to compile diapositivas-PRYE-bugfac8d2bfe22dfde4bdebadc8cd65b2798b315d7788f1f7bef1c4c579a8d5f325.tex. See https://yihui.org/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips. Además: Warning messages: 1: In system2(..., stdout = if (use_file_stdout()) f1 else FALSE, stderr = f2) : '"pdflatex"' not found 2: In system2(...) : '"pdflatex"' not found Ejecución interrumpida

No LaTeX installation detected (LaTeX is required to create PDF output). You should install a LaTeX distribution for your platform: https://www.latex-project.org/get/

If you are not sure, you may install TinyTeX in R: tinytex::install_tinytex()

Otherwise consider MiKTeX on Windows - http://miktex.org

MacTeX on macOS - https://tug.org/mactex/ (NOTE: Download with Safari rather than Chrome strongly recommended)

Linux: Use system package manager

I've tried installing the "knitr" package, and run this:

install.packages("knitr")
library(knitr)
tinytex::install_tinytex()

but still getting the same error.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Ivan.

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2 Answers

3
votes

I always run into that same problem. Try knitting it to .html, opening the .html file, and then exporting the .html file to pdf.

1
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So you've tried this.

install.packages("knitr")
library(knitr)
tinytex::install_tinytex()

But try this instead. You need to have the tinytex package to use it's install function.

install.packages("knitr")
library(knitr)
install.packages("tinytex")
tinytex::install_tinytex()